Improvement in balusters



P. .I. HAR DY.

Balusters.

N0.163,993 Patentedlune1,l875.

WITNE55E5= W m N 1 f NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIERRE J. HARDY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALUSTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 163,993, dated J une1, 1875 application filed February 25, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PIERRE J. HARDY, of New York city, in the county ofNew York and in the State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Balusters; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of myimproved balusters. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same uponline as or of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section upon line 2 z ofsame figure.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to enable metal balusters, newel-posts,850., to be caused, in whole or in part, to resemble solid wood 5 towhich end it consists, as a new article of manufacture, in a metalbaluster having a portion or the whole of its exposed surface coveredwith wood veneer, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafterspecified.

In the annexed drawing, A represents the base, B the shaft, and (J thecapital, of a baluster, which is constructed of metal, and has anydesired form of exterior.

The base and capital A and C, respectively, are preferably polished andlacquered, or, if desired, are painted, while the shaftD is covered bythin sheets, D, of hard wood, which latter is cemented to the metal, andat the corners of said shaft the impinging edges of said veneer arecemented together, after which its exterior surface is dressed andfinished as though solid wood.

The construction described enables balus ters to combine the strengthand durability of metal with the finish of wood, and, further,

permits fine effects to be produced by contrasting the natural grain ofwood with either polished or painted metal.

When rendered necessary from accident or wear, or for the purpose ofchange, the wood covering can be easily and quickly removed and replacedby the same or by other kinds of wood, without rendering necessary theremoval of the baluster from position.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim is As a new article of manufacture, a metal baluster having thewhole or a portion of its surface covered with Wood veneer,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ln testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 23d day of February, 1875.

GEo. S. PRINDLE, E. F. M. FAEHTZ.

